Resources
Energy Management For Motor Driven Systems
Source: Office of Industrial Technologies - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
File: Optimizing Your.pdf
Overview: This publication will assist you to establish a facility energy-management program, to identify and evaluate energy conservation opportunities involving motor-driven equipment, and to design a motor improvement plan. These actions will help you: Reduce energy costs, Improve motor-driven system reliability and efficiency, Increase productivity, and Minimize unscheduled downtime.
POWER FACTOR CORRECTION: A GUIDE FOR THE PLANT ENGINEER
CAPACITOR BANKS & PASSIVE HARMONIC FILTERS
Source: Eaton | Cutler-Hammer
File: harmonics_and_caps.pdf
Overview: Power factor is the ratio of working power to apparent power. It measures how effectively electrical power is being used. A high power factor signals efficient utilization of electrical power, while a low power factor indicates poor utilization of electrical power.
This guide explains how to calculate power factor and offers solutions to lower the energy output using power capacitors and minimize hamornic distortions, which can cause unexpected failure of motors, drives, power supplies or just the spurious tripping of breakers.
GLOSSARY OF COMMMON ELECTRIC TERMS
Source: Illoinois Electric Coop.
Overview: Definitions of common electric terms including Demand (Coincident, Non-coincident, Peak and Off-Peak), Power factor, Load Factor and units of Power (Ohm, KV, KVA, KW, KWHr).
Cents Per Kilowatt-Hour for Renewable and Traditional Power Generation
Source: Pure Energy Systems Wiki
Overview: This electricity generation price listing should take into consideration the costs of manufacture, shipping, installation, fuel, maintenance, environmental costs, and decommissioning. Some of the below prices do not weigh the environmental costs.
Electric power
Source: Pure Energy Systems Wiki
Overview: Electric power is defined as the amount of work done by an electric current in a unit time. This page explains the mathematics of power generation, power factor, and Kilowatt-hours.